MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 11: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota ViKings eludes Ricardo Silva #39 of the Detroit Lions in the fourth quarter on a 61-yard touchdown run on November 11, 2012 at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The ViKings defeated the Lions 34-24. (Photo by Andy King/Getty Images)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 11: Adrian Peterson #28 of the Minnesota ViKings eludes Ricardo Silva #39 of the Detroit Lions in the fourth quarter on a 61-yard touchdown run on November 11, 2012 at Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The ViKings defeated the Lions 34-24. (Photo by Andy King/Getty Images)

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The handshake. That legendary handshake.

The one people talk about, as if it were a vice grip, was about to come my way. I was prepared for the worst. Would my fingers make it out intact? Would I be able to type again?

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is used to running over linebackers, and as I waited to greet him here at the team’s facility, I braced for his handshake like one of those linebackers waiting to collide with him in the hole.